EMMANUEL CHURCH LONDON

Registered charity 1135497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's aims are to advance the Christian faith in London and in other parts of the UK as may be appropriate,and also to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds,goods or services of any kind including though the provision of counselling and support.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OFBELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LONDON AND IN SUCHOTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEESMAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSESWHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLANDAND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE ANDPRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OFANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING ANDSUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£506k
Latest spending
£546k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £40,529 for the year, resulting in unrestricted net current assets of approximately £199,000. This figure is significantly above the Directors' stated reserves policy target of approximately £60,000, which is equivalent to three months of fixed costs. The Trustees confirm that the current level of reserves is sufficient to support the charity on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of fixed costs (approximately £60,000) (held: £199k)
“The Directors' aim is to maintain a reserve equivalent to 3 months of the fixed costs incurred by the charity, leading to a required reserve of approximately £60,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £90,336 without conditions
“The trustees confirm the aggregate amount of donations without conditions donated by trustees during the year was £90,336 (2023/24: £92,738)” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£506k
Total spending
£546k
Reserves (reported)
£60k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£506k£546k
31/08/2024£504k£421k
31/08/2023£405k£315k
31/08/2022£369k£353k
31/08/2021£361k£268k

Common questions

Is EMMANUEL CHURCH LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £40,529 for the year, resulting in unrestricted net current assets of approximately £199,000. This figure is significantly above the Directors' stated reserves policy target of approximately £60,000, which is equivalent to three months of fixed costs. The Trustees confirm that the current level of reserves is sufficient to support the charity on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NORTH KENT METHODIST CIRCUIT1£10k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£10k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHURCH OF THE LONDONERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EMMANUEL CHURCH LONDON£506k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHURCH OF THE LONDONERS FY2024£994k—0unclear—no doubt
HIS CHURCH - LONDON FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt
ONE CHURCH FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON CHURCH INTERNATIONAL FY2025£497k—0no_policy—no doubt
IMMANUEL CHURCH, CHICHESTER FY2025£145k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.